Webinar: Renovating the Heart

Here are some resources men­tioned in Ren­o­vat­ing the Heart: How Dal­las Willard’s Clas­sic on Human Trans­for­ma­tion Helps Us Today web­cast con­ver­sa­tion between Jane Willard, Gary Moon, Natasha Sistrunk Robin­son, and Car­olyn Arends.

SPE­CIAL NOTES AND OPPORTUNITIES

• We’ve just begun read­ing Ren­o­va­tion of the Heart in the Ren­o­varé Book Club. Fri­day, April 8^th, is the last day to join.

• Renovaré’s Lent Resource Page

WEBI­NAR RESOURCES

• Webi­nar Record­ing with­out ads

Count­down Song

• Will­ing from the album Love Was Here First by Car­olyn Arends

Resources Rec­om­mend­ed by Jane Willard

• Books by Dal­las Willard

  • Ren­o­va­tion of the Heart: Putting on the Char­ac­ter of Christ — 20^th Anniver­sary Edition

  • The Spir­it of the Dis­ci­plines: Under­stand­ing How God Changes Lives

  • Life with­out Lack: Liv­ing in the Full­ness of Psalm 23

  • Hear­ing God: Devel­op­ing a Con­ver­sa­tion­al Rela­tion­ship with God

  • The Divine Con­spir­a­cy: Redis­cov­er­ing Our Hid­den Life in God

  • The Great Omis­sion: Reclaim­ing Jesus’s Essen­tial Teach­ings on Discipleship

• Oth­er Resources

  • Dal­las Willard Ministries

  • Ren­o­va­tion of the Heart Bible Read­ing Guide

  • Dal­las Willard on Conversatio

  • Anniver­sary reflec­tions on Ren­o­va­tion of the Heart

  • Ren­o­varé Pod­cast with Jan Johnson

Resources rec­om­mend­ed by Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

• Books by Natasha Sistrunk Robinson

  • Men­tor for Life: Find­ing Pur­pose through Inten­tion­al Discipleship

  • Hope for Us: Know­ing God through the Nicene Creed

  • A Sojourn­er’s Truth: Choos­ing Free­dom and Courage in a Divid­ed World 

  • Jour­ney to Free­dom: Dis­cov­er­ing the God of Deliv­er­ance, An Exo­dus Bible Study

  • Voic­es of Lament: Reflec­tions on Bro­ken­ness and Hope in a World Long­ing for Jus­tice (A book of essays, poems, and litur­gies by Women of Col­or on Psalm 37)
    
    

• Oth­er Resources

  • Voskamp: One Thou­sand Gifts 10^th Anniver­sary Edi­tion: A Dare to Live Ful­ly Right Where You Are

  • Natasha Sistrunk Robin­son Ministries

  • Lead­er­ship LINKS, Inc. 

  • Natasha on Insta­gram, Face­book, and YouTube 

Resources rec­om­mend­ed by Gary Moon

• Books by Gary W. Moon

  • Becom­ing Dal­las Willard: The For­ma­tion of a Philoso­pher, Teacher, and Christ Follower

  • Eter­nal Liv­ing: Reflec­tions on Dal­las Willard’s Teach­ing on Faith and Formation

  • Appren­tice­ship with Jesus: Learn­ing to Live Like the Master

  • Falling for God: Say­ing Yes to His Extrav­a­gant Proposal

  • Coun­sel­ing and Chris­tian­i­ty: Five Approaches
    
    

• Oth­er Resources

  • The Life­Springs Ren­o­va­tion of the Heart video series and study guide

  • A Begin­ner’s Intro­duc­tion to the Philokalia

  • Con​ver​sa​tio​.org 

  • Dallas’s Four Concerns:

    • (1) The invis­i­ble is real (Divine Conspiracy)

    • (2) We can inter­act with/​draw knowl­edge from that real­i­ty (Hear­ing God/​Spirit of the Disciplines)

    • (3) We are designed to inter­act with that real­i­ty (RotH)

    • (4) If we do it, it will pro­duce real and mea­sur­able changes. (Know­ing Christ Today)

Resources rec­om­mend­ed by Car­olyn Arends

• Learn more about the Ren­o­varé Insti­tute for Chris­t­ian Spir­i­tu­al Formation

• Carolyn’s web­site

Oth­er Resources Men­tioned in the Webi­nar and Chat:

• Mar­jorie Thomp­son Quote: 

  • “A Spir­i­tu­al Direc­tor is one who ​“lis­tens” the oth­er into clar­i­ty. A Spir­i­tu­al Direc­tor ​“lis­tens to God behind the listening.”

• Robert Mul­hol­land Quote

  • “Spir­i­tu­al trans­for­ma­tion is the Spir­it-empow­ered process we engage in by which our hearts are trans­formed into Christ’s image, for the joy of our Cre­ator, the ben­e­fit of oth­ers, and our own abun­dant life.”

• Nouwen: Spir­i­tu­al Direc­tion: Wis­dom for the Long Walk of Faith

• Hud­son: The Cycle of Grace: Liv­ing In Sacred Balance

• Chris­t­ian Psy­chi­a­trist Karl Lehman’s Website

• John­son: Ren­o­va­tion of the Heart in Dai­ly Prac­tice: Exper­i­ments in Spir­i­tu­al Trans­for­ma­tion (Redefin­ing Life)

• John­son: Prayer and Listening 

• Jesus Col­lege

• A con­ver­sa­tion between Dal­las, Lar­ry Crab, and John Ortberg

• Dal­las Willard’s Four Key Concerns

• Ben­ner: Sur­ren­der to Love: Dis­cov­er­ing the Heart of Chris­t­ian Spir­i­tu­al­i­ty (The Spir­i­tu­al Journey)

• Jer­sak: Can You Hear Me?: Tun­ing in to the God Who Speaks